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| From | Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Firefox “bad” design decisions? |
| Date | 2025-05-01 09:52 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vuv981$27ikm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vusaed$okis$1@news.samoylyk.net> <vuudq5$1ajpm$11@dont-email.me> <vuv4v0$tda9$1@news.samoylyk.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 01.05.2025 08:39, Wolf Greenblatt wrote: >>> Firefox: >>> (1) Right click on any tab >>> (2) Left click on close multiple tabs >>> (3) Left click on close other tabs > I suspect Firefox developers don't actually use FF in daily use since it's > something you do a hundred times a day & every other browser does it right. I use Firefox since the days it was called "Netscape 2.0", but I never wanted to close all tabs with exception of the active one. But it is important that closing the current tab is simple and fast. Therefore I use mouse button 4 to close the current tab. No need to move the mouse pointer, wherever it is, just press button 4 and the tab is closed. I also use button 5 (instead of the middle mouse button) to open a link in a new tab and make the new tab the active tab. This way, with only the thumb, you can open a link in a new tab, do some reading (scroll with the mouse wheel) and close it. Because the mouse wasn't moved, you are then back in the original tab with the same mouse pointer position as before. > Now Firefox is back to being useful again. > Thanks for the expert help and advice." You can't please everyone, everyone has different preferences. But I like the new way to zoom in Firefox. <CTRL>-mouse_wheel changes the DPI and therefore font size, but requires a new rendering of the page which results in a different layout. I now additional use <ALT>-mouse_wheel to zoom-in like you do it on a smartphone. A click on the 100% button resets both zooms. This can be done by opening about:config and changing "mousewheel.with_alt.action" from 2 to 5. Valid values: 0: Nothing happens 1: Scrolling contents 2: Go back or go forward, in your history 3: Zoom in or out (reflowing zoom). 4: Treat vertical wheel as horizontal scroll 5: Zoom in or out (pinch zoom).
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Re: Firefox “bad” design decisions? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-05-01 09:52 +0200
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